Stove-moving means.



E. 0.. PL-YLEY STOVE MOVING ME'ANS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-11.1916.

51,235,593. Patented Aug. 7 ,1917. I

- mvENToh' ATTORNEY.

ESTlLE DEE PLYLEY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

STOVE-MOVING MnANs.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug; 7, 1917,

Application filed September 11,- 1916. Serial No. 119,563.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Es'rLn DEE PLYLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stove-Moving Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stove moving means, and more particularly to means carried by a stove whereby the latter may be easily moved, as desired. f

One'of the main objects of the invention is to provide a stove having means of simple construction whereby the stove may be raised from the floor so as to permit wheel mounted moving members to be placed beneath it. A. further object is to provide a stove having a plurality of vertically movable legs supplemental to the ordinary supporting legs of the stove and provided with casters by means of which the stove may be easily moved when supported on these supplemental legs, F urther objects will appear from the detaildescription. V I

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side view of a stove with the invention applied,

Fig. 2 is the same with, the stove in position to be moved,

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional View through one of the supplemental legs and its supporting lug,

Fig. a is an enlarged detail view of the mounting of one of the supplemental legs and the supporting means therefor,

Fig. 5 is a section taken substantially on line 55 of Fig. 2 showing the mounting of the lever on the bottom plate of the stove.

The stove 1 is provided with the bottom plate 2 which is reinforced by a peripheral flange 2 and is normally supported by the usual legs 3 secured thereto at each corner.

A short distance from each leg 8, the bottom plate 2 of the stove is provided with an integral lug or boss 4 projecting downwardly from the same. This boss is provided with an arcuate recess 5 which is adapted to receive the round upper end 6 of a supplemental leg 6 which is pivotally secured in the boss by a relatively heavy pivot pin 7. The boss is further provided with a slot 8 through its front wall extending from the lower end thereof to a plane on a level with the top of the arcuate recess 5 and communicating with this recess. By this arrangement the supplemental leg 6 may be rotated upward and inward about the pin7 into a horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. *The leg 6 is'normally maintained in this position by means of an arm 9 which is pivotally secured at its outer end to a lug 1O projecting from the boss by means of a headed pivot bolt 11 which is inserted'through the arm and threaded into lug 10. This; arm is provided on its inner end withan integral lug l2. Lug 12 is of such height, and has its upper faceso inclined, as to engage the underface of leg 6 so asto hold the leg in a horizontal position when arm 9 is turned inward across the lower end of post 4;, as inFigs. l and4 of the drawings. i

Near the front of the stove the bottom I plate 2 is provided with an integral car 13 to Which is pivotally secured the upper end of a linkor hanger 1 1 the lower end of which is connected by pin and slot connections to a mit raising of the stove for movement ofthe supplemental legs 6 into vertical position.

This leveris provided, at its approximate longitudinal center, with an integral cup shaped socket 16. This socket receives 'aball 17 formed on the upper end of a frust0-conical fulcrum member 18. As willbe noted, the socket 16 extends slightly below' the equator of ball 17 so that the fulcrum member is carried by the lever while rocking of the lever vertically on ball 17 is permitted, this being a standard construction in connections of this type. The lever 15 is provided at its inner end with an upwardly directed convexed head 19 adapted to engage the bottom plate 2 of the stove when the outer end of the lever 'is depressed. The lever is further provided, at its outer end, with a'transversely extending horizontal slot which receives a tongue 20 formed integrally with the lever handle 21 and secured in the of handle 21 so as to bring the block or head into engagementwith the bottom plate 2 of the stove. By this means the stove may be raised from the floor. When the stove is raised in this manner'the supplemental legs 6 are turned downward into vertical position, as in Fig. 2 of the drawing, the arms 9 being moved into inoperative position. The leg 6 is secured in operative position by an arm 22 which is pivotally secured at its up per end to the boss 4 and is provided at its lower end with an inwardly projecting integral block 23 which engages the inner face of supplemental leg 6 when arm 22 is moved quickly and easily moved into any desired position. After the stove has been moved to its new position, it is again raised by means of lever 15 and the arms 22 turned into inoperative position thus permitting the supplemental legs 6 to move about their pivot pins 7 su'liiciently to bring the legs 3 of the stove into contact with the floor. After this has been done the supplemental legs may be returned to inoperative position, thus leaving the stove entirely supported by the legs 3 and securing the supplemental legs in such a position asto be out of the way and not unduly prominent. Also, the handle 21 of lever 15 maybe swung inward about its piv otal axis so as to be brought into approxi mate'parallelism with the lever thus being out of the way and yet readily accessible.

What I claim is: I

1. In stove moving means, the combination of a stove body provided with supporting legs, a plurality of supplemental legs each pivotally secured to the underface of the body so as to be movable about a horizontal axis, means for normally holding the supplemental legs in inoperative position, a lever carried by thestove body, a fulcrum member carried by the lever and adapted to engage the floor so as to form a support for the same, and means for securing the supplemental legs in vertical position.

2. In stove moving means, the combination of a stove body having a bottom plate and a plurality of supporting legs, a plurality of supplemental legs each mounted on said body so as to be movable about a horizontal axis into either a horizontal or a vertical position, means for normally holding the supplemental legs in horizontal position, means for securing the supplemental legs in vertical position, a lever carried by the stove body and provided on its inner end with a conveXed member adapted to engage the bottom plate of the stove so as to raise the same when the outer end of the lever is depressed, and a fulcrum member carried by the lever and adapted, when in operative position, to form a rest for the operation of the lever.

In testimonywhereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ESTLE DEE PLYLEY.

Witnesses:

N. S. BRAOKNEY, ELLA BRACKNEY.

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